These were fitted to test driver Nyck de Vries’ W13 as he completed duties in FP1 as part of each teams’ requirement to run a young driver.With Mercedes now having got on top of understanding the key weaknesses of the W13, it is using this stage of the season to Read more
Alonso initially lost his seventh-place finish in the United States Grand Prix after Haas successfully lodged a protest claiming his car was unsafe due to a missing rear view mirror, caused by the crash with Lance Stroll.The resulting 30-second penalty dropped the Spaniard to 15th, but Alpine lodged a counter-protest Read more
F1 debuted its sprint race format at three races in 2021 before tweaking the format for this year, including the return of designating pole to the driver who topped qualifying on Friday. The sprint race result then sets the final starting grid for Sunday’s race.F1 will hold its final sprint Read more
In stark contrast to last year’s final lap thriller in Abu Dhabi, Max Verstappen clinched the 2022 world championship at Suzuka with four rounds still to run, while his Red Bull team secured the constructors’ version at the next race in the USA.Domenicali says that there’s still plenty of interest in Read more
Ahead of the United Sates Grand Prix, Norris revealed in an interview with German publication Auto Motor und Sport that he had spoken to Red Bull ahead of signing his latest McLaren deal.Back in February, Norris put pen to paper on a new long-term contract with McLaren that will keep Read more
At August’s Belgian Grand Prix Audi officially confirmed it would join forces with Sauber as its power unit manufacturer in 2026, when a new engine formula will kick in.After Alfa Romeo’s sponsorship deal with the Hinwil team lapses at the end of 2023, it is expected Audi will gradually start Read more
Haas is currently weighing up its driver options for the second seat in 2023, with it believed to be a straight call between retaining Mick Schumacher or going for the more experienced Hulkenberg.The choice of Hulkenberg is intriguing because he and Magnussen, who is under contract for 2023, have had Read more
Over the United States Grand Prix weekend last month, it emerged that F1 was planning to launch its own all-female racing series as early as next year, serving as a potential feeder series into Formula 3 and Formula 2.It came just weeks after W Series was forced to call off Read more
While the Italian squad started the 2022 season as the team to beat, it eventually lost out to the fast-recovering Red Bull team, which has claimed both the drivers’ and constructors’ championship titles.More recently, Mercedes has emerged as Red Bull’s main threat at some races, with Ferrari’s F1-75 particularly lacking Read more
You won’t need reminding what happened at last year’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as Max Verstappen claimed his first world drivers’ championship. But it’s not the first year the title has been decided at Yas Marina.Sebastian Vettel has clinched one of his four world championships in Abu Dhabi, with Mercedes Read more